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Exploration of America_Tech_HannahKick

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an explorer?

a)

Someone who travels to unknown places in search of something valuable or rare.

b)

A group of people who share culture.

c)

Someone who travels to places they have been before.

2.

Who was in America first?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

American Indians

c)

Hernando de Soto

3.

What major affect did the Europeans have on the American Indians?

a)

Friendship

b)

They welcomed them into their homes and shared their culture.

c)

Disease

d)

Food

4.

Were the Europeans always nice to the American Indians?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

When did the Europeans begin to treat the American Indians cruelly?

a)

When they stopped providing them shelter.

b)

When they left America.

c)

When they discovered that they did not have any valuables (jewels, gold, or riches).

d)

They were always nice.

6.

What navigation tools did the explorers use to help them navigate the seas?

a)

Telescope

b)

Compass

c)

Maps

d)

All of the Above

7.

What does it mean to ration food?

a)

Eat as much as you can.

b)

Make meals smaller than usual.

c)

Do not eat at all.

8.

All explorers faced many challenges on their exploration journeys.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is a voyage?

a)

A trip by land, water, air, or through space.

b)

A trip taken to find something.

10.

Who was the explorer who owned the boats: The Nina, The Pinta, & The Santa Maria?

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

John Cabot